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Learn a New Method for Displaying Hillshades and Elevation Tints

SNAP for ArcGIS: An Interface for Scheduling a Network Analysis Program

Field Tech: A Look at Psion’s Workabout Handheld Field Computers

GIS for Foresters: Visualizing the Harvest

Field Tech: A Forester’s Wish List

GIS for Foresters: A Checklist for More Effective Maps

Field Tech: DeLorme’s inReach, EarthMate GPS Team Up for In-Field Communications

Field Tech: Doug Allen, a Cruiser’s Cruiser

GIS for Foresters: When Slope Isn’t What You Think

Field Tech: Juniper Systems’s Mesa Notepad Opens Touchscreen Territory

GIS for Foresters: Standardizing Species Codes Using the NRCS PLANTS Database

Field Tech: Trimble’s Rugged Yuma Tablet PC Pffers Portable Computing Power

GIS for Foresters: Snapping a Pour Point for Watershed Deliniation in ArcGIS Hydrologic Analysis

Field Tech: Plot Hound: A Free Timber-Cruise App For Android Phones

Field Tech: Ask the GPS Guy

Field Tech: Getting Started with GPS/GIS Mapping

Field Tech: GeoLiTE an ArcGIS Extension to Assist in LiDAR Data Processing

Field Tech: Soil Viewer Extension Brings Soil Data to Your GIS

Field Tech: GIS for Wood Procurement Foresters

Field Tech: A GPS Refresher Course and Technology Update

Field Tech: Free, Cool Tools from the Web for Foresters

Field Tech: ESRI’s Mapping Forestry Book is Worth a Read

Field Tech: American Forest Management Uses Remsoft Analytics to Streamline Harvest Scheduling

Field Tech: More Tips On Web-Based Imaging

Field Tech: Free Online Imagery: Google Earth and NASA’s World Wind

GPS Accuracy: Your Mileage May Vary

Here's How to Use GPS in Forestry Fieldwork

Here's How to Calculate Net Acres in a GIS Stands Layer

How to Perform Virtual Triangulation Using GPS

Digital Mapping Alternatives: GIS for the Busy Forester

Practical, Easy-to-Use, Free GIS and Remote Sensing Tools for Resource Management

National Image Mosaics at the USGS

Forest Science Special Issue on Remote Sensing

Field Tech:Online Imaging: Reader's Respond
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Convention Session
Here are just a few of the sessions at the 2011 Convention:
How new and existing technologies can increase efficiency and effectiveness at local, regional, and global levels and lead to new solutions to complex resource management issues.
  • Assessing Functions of An East Texas Forested Wetland Using Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Managing and Funding Successful Forest Restoration Enterprises on Private Land
  • Geospatial Mapping of Forest Dynamics and Carbon Credits
  • Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing (W3)
  • Data Collection for the Development of Cover-based Field Descriptions/Assessments (W5)
  • Moderate Resolution Optical Remote Sensing Data for Forestry Applications (W6)
For full Convention details, visit: www.safconvention.org



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West Virginia Forest Stewardship Training Workshop
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GPS 101: Technology for Better Land Management
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Using Your GPS
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Online Mapping Services for Foresters
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GIS & GPS Applications in Forestry
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links FSGeodata Clearinghouse

Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC)

Geospatial Data Gateway

USDA Aerial Photography Field Office, Farm Service Agency

Forest Inventory Data Online (FIDO)

 Buyers Guide Cengea Solutions Inc.

I.R.I.S.

Laser Technology, Inc.

TwoDog Forest Inventory Software